Wishbone Ash UK DEBUT LP 1st PRESS PINK & RED LABEL PLAYS 100% MINT

	£		310
	$		411

WISHBONE ASH - DEBUT ALBUM

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT!!! PLAYTHROUGH CONDITION

RARER MOORE AND MATTHES UK SLEEVE

INVESTMENT GRADE QUALITY

• CATALOGUE:MKPS 2014
• MATRIX: 7-224 / 7-225
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 23 H/ 1 H

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

FIRST PRESS LABELS ON EARLY MCA LP'S CAME IN THREE TWO TONE COLOURS, AND EACH ONE IS A VALID FIRST PRESS AS THEY WERE PRODUCING ALL THREE AT THE SAME TIME. THERE IS PINK AND RED, YELLOW AND RED, AND BROWN AND RED.

THIS IS THE PINK AND RED LABEL IN SUPERB CONDITION. BOTH COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND THE PINK BAND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE REMAINS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

I CANT EVEN SEE ANY MORE THAN 2-3 SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THIS ULTRA HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND HAS LOST NONE OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE.THERE ARE NO MARKS ON THE SURFACE OF THIS DISC, AND IT LOOKS FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE BUT A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES. AND SOME SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL LINES. CLEARLY AN IMMACULATELY CARED FOR RECORD

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS VINYL SOUNDS. THE CLARITY IS THERE FOR ALL TO HEAR, AND IT'S PURE FIRST PRESS.

I JUST CANNOT FAULT THIS AUDIO REPRODUCTION WHATSOEVER. THERE IS CERTAINLY NO DISTORTION AT ALL, AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE , NOR ARE THERE ANY CLICKS

I CANNOT EVEN SAY THAT I HEARD AND VINYL NOISE , PERHAPS THE ODD SPLIT SECOND OR TWO OF STATIC HERE AND THERE, BUT AMAZINGLY I HEARD NO DUST POPS

THIS VINYL CANNOT BE BETTERED IN ANY WAY IN MY OPINION AND I AM ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED TO GRADE THIS SUPERB ORIGINAL MINT!!!

DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A FULL LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

THIS NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS RARELY FOUND IN ANYTHING OTHER THAN 'WORN OUT' CONDITION. THIS ONE HOWEVER IS IN SUPERB CONDITION.THERE ARE ALSO TWO VERSIONS OF THIS SLEEVE ATTRIBUTED TO UK COPIES. ONE IS THE AMERICAN SLEEVE WHICH MANY UK COPIES WERE PLACED INTO AND SOLD HERE IN THE UK, BUT THE RARER SLEEVE IS THE MOORE AND MATTHES UK SLEEVE, WHICH IS THE ONE ON OFFER HERE 

THE FRONT SURFACE OF THIS SLEEVE IS JUST IMMACULATE. FIRSTLY THERE ARE NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE TO BEE SEEN, AND THAT EVEN INCLUDED THE ONES THAT USUALLY FORM NEAR THE SPINE. ON THIS COPY THERE ARE NONE WHATSOEVER.NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE SMALL ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

NO LOSS OF COLOUR OR AND SHELF WEAR AT ALL. AGAIN THIS IS ENTIRELY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE SLEEVE WAS PROTECTED FROM DAY ONE INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE THE MOST MINUSCULE SHELF WEAR,WITH JUST A FEW FLECKS OF WHITE SHOWING THROUGH HERE AND THERE

THE OPENING EDGE IS AS NEW JUST RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST ONE THUMB NAIL NICK. CLEARLY THE LP HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE FOR VIRTUALLY ALL OF IT'S LIFE.

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL , BECAUSE MOST COPIES WILL BE FLATTENED, AND SQUASHED. THIS COPY HAS A VERY WIDESPINE AND IT IS PRISTINE.

THERE ARE NO FINGER TO THUMB SQUASHES, AND ALL OF THE DELICATE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED.

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN VIRTUALLY THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION AS THE FRONT, AND DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ANY RECORD SHAPE LIKE MOST COPIES YOU WILL SEE. THERE IN ONE TINY LITTLE NICK CLOSE TO THE SPINE JUST UNDER HALFWAY DOWN FROM THE TOP

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A NEAR PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER SURFACES WITH JUST A SHADE OF LIGHT CREASING EITHER SIDE OF THE SPINE

THE BLUE AND WHITE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION TO MATCH THE REST OF THE PACKAGE. THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAS PLACED AN ANTI STATIC SLEEVE INSIDE THE ORIGINAL WHICH HAS NOT ONLY PROTECTED THE VINYL BUT THE INNER SLEEVE AS WELL. IT IS AS NEAR TO MINT AS YOU COULD GET I BELIEVE

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS!!!

IT REALLY IS THAT GOOD

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY